Signal · indexed from World Bank Documents & Reports
World Bank
Uganda’s young and rapidly growing population has turned education from a sectoral concern into an urgent macroeconomic priority. The 2024 Census counted 45.9 million people, about half of them below the age of 18, and the working-age population isprojected to more than double by 2050. Whether this demographic wave becomes a driver of productivity and inclusive growth or a source of unemployment and informality will depend largely on the investments Uganda makes in education and skills over the coming decade. Yet the country’s human capital foundationsremain weak: a child born today is expected to be only about 38 percent as productive as she could be with full education and health, and more than half of adults aged25–64 have not completed primary school. Against this backdrop, and with fiscal space tightly constrained, the central question is not only whether Uganda spendsenough on education, but whether it spends efficiently and equitably. This review benchmarks Uganda’s education financing against regional and international peers, assesses how efficiently and equitably public resources are used, and sets out a financing and reform agenda for the medium term. Its findings can be organized around three questions: how Uganda spends on education, what it gets in return, and what it should do to turn that spending into better outcomes.
Provenance
The notice above is the public record. Signing in adds the analysis: saved views and alerts on searches like this one, workflow and pipeline, exports and full workspace tooling.
| Field | How we know | State | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publication date | Official API or feed | Data quality: Source-backed | 100 |
States describe GLODA's confidence in its own fields, never a judgement on the notice or its parties. Methodology